Zoo by Edward D. Hoch

What clue from the following suggests that this story is science fiction?

• The children were always good during the month of August.

• Before daybreak the crowds would form.

• Professor Hugo’s Interplanetary Zoo settled down on Earth.

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What are children and adults waiting to see?

• What race of strange creatures the professor had brought this year.

• The new concert

• The new show

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How is the zoo in the future unlike the zoo today?

• People have to pay money to enter the zoo.

• People are amazed and fascinated when they see odd creatures.

• People come to watch movies.

What are the best words to describe the earthling’s reactions upon seeing the little horse-spider people of Kaan?

• happy and fascinated

• horrified and fascinated

• excited and alert

Who mostly enjoyed the zoo?

• The She-creature did.

• The offspring did.

• The He-creature did.

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What is the main theme of the story?

• Don't judge a book by its cover.

• Don't write on the cover of the book.

• Don't read a book before your bed time.

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